Especially when you are at the beginning of your career as a web designer, you may be tempted to accept all sorts of jobs, just to extend your portfolio and gain experience. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as you do need jobs, in order to become an expert, but sometimes you need to […]
5 Must Have Tools for All Freelancers
The opportunity for freelancers to make money in any number of fields is greater than it ever has been. Nearly anyone, with skills they already have, can make a living from home by freelancing. Rather than creating departments and hiring employees, hundreds of companies are using freelancers instead to get the work they need done […]
Techniques for Building Name Recognition as a Designer
Breaking into the design world is no simple task. It requires years of practice along with arduous struggles, overcoming obstacles, and of course meeting great people. But this whole process can be eased slightly by creating a recognizable brand around your name. Freelance design is a competitive marketplace and you’ll want to stand out to […]
How To Sell Responsive Web Design To Your Clients
Author Bio: Tomer Lerner is an award-winning designer and a UX Manager at Webydo – the code-free website design platform for professional designers – where he manages the UX development team to push beyond the limits of creativity. The variety of devices and screen sizes being used to access website content is more varied today […]
Best Online Tools & Resources for Creative Freelancers
Featured image source Joining the army of freelancers in any creative field is always a challenge. Your chops really need to be up-to-par with the growing market of artists and designers. Although freelancing is a difficult career path you can save a lot of time with online tools and webapps. Plenty of resources are available […]
Freelance Start-up Guide
With all the recent economic doom and gloom you may have decided to take matters into your own hands and go freelance. There are several hurdles you must overcome to be a successful freelancer, but here are some tips to get you started:
40 Popular Website Job Boards for Design Inspiration
Freelance job boards were not so common looking back 5 or 6 years. But nowadays modern businesses are more willing to work with each other and hire freelancers from anywhere in the world. This is great news for people who work online because the options are practically endless. But what about new webmasters who are […]
How to Track Your Time and Increase Your Web Design Income
By Conrad Feagin
Let’s say you’re getting to the point where you’re a whiz at quickly building quality websites. That’s the fun part of web design.
However, if you want to increase your income, you have to look at web design as a business. And, pricing is an important part of that business.
There’s no easy answer for how much you should charge for web design projects, but the first factor you have to consider is how long it usually takes you to complete a website.
Do you even know?